It was to Portobelo that the treasure from Panama City was brought during the dry season, by heavily guarded mule train along the Camino de Cruces and down the Chagres River, for shipment on to Seville on the mighty galleons of the treasure fleet which called in here once a year.

BBC: In search of pirates in Panama

But there was method to my madness because by the next dry season, the fate of the Cardamoms, the last great wilderness left in Indochina, may already be decided, before almost anyone from the outside world gets a look at it.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | 'There Was Method to My Madness'